Destiny 1.0.2 Patch Preview

In effort to continue to build a better game, Bungie has already announced some updates that will be coming to Destiny. The patch is scheduled to go live sometime next week and has a list of items to be tackling. In a literal sense, item drops look to be a big part of their effort in making sure that gamers are pleased when they see a specific color drop hit the ground. The patch will also only affect items that drop post-patch, so holding onto engrams will have no affect on them whatsoever. All announced updates include the following from Destiny’s main page:

Cryptarch Changes

Cayde-6 took the Cryptarch aside and showed him a sack of doorknobs. He decoded that mystery pretty quickly.

Rare engrams will have an increased chance to produce Legendary quality items

Activity Changes

Daily Heroics, Weekly Heroics, and Vanguard: Tiger Playlist activities will include Rare and Legendary Engrams in addition to their existing rewards

Item Changes

Ascendant materials have been promoted to Legendary to closer associate them with the gear they are used to upgrade

Legendary Engram items that exist in your inventory will be demoted to Rare quality when the patch goes live, so decode them while you can. But let’s be honest–even if you don’t, we all know they were blues already…